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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *métʰu (“intoxicating drink; mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”). Cognates include Sanskrit मधु (mádhu, “honey”), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mé.tʰy/ → /ˈme.θy/ → /ˈme.θi/
Noun
μέθῠ • (méthu) n (genitive μέθῠος); third declension
- (Epic) wine
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References
- “μέθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέθυ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέθυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέθυ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ale idem, page 22.
- wine idem, page 981.